Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe: I am a contributor to Amanda’s Cookin’ and this recipe first appeared there as Easter Muddy Buddies.

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This Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe is a sweet, salty dessert snack with cereal coated in white chocolate and peanut butter, customized with your favorite Easter-themed candies. Try this delicious snack at your next Easter or Springtime gathering!

Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe

Hi Everyone, Spring is here!

I have a timely Easter and Spring-themed dessert, and snack for you: Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe.

There are many opportunities to make these this Spring, for example, teacher's gifts, edible thank-you gifts, and family, and church gatherings.

Who wouldn't want a cellophane bag of these goodies?

You can customize them with your favorite Easter-themed candy, my personal, favorite is pastel peanut M&Ms.

I like them with this recipe because the peanut center goes well with the smooth peanut butter.

The combination of peanut butter and chocolate is a dream!

You get the sweet-salty combo that makes you want to reach for more.

Speaking of chocolate, this recipe uses white chocolate.

I chose white chocolate because it makes for a nice, pretty backdrop for those pastel candies and the combination of white chocolate and peanut butter is good.

I recommend trying to get the best quality white chocolate you can find.

You can substitute the white chocolate for the same amount of milk, semi-sweet, or dark chocolate, if you prefer.

Ingredients

• 9 cups rice Chex Cereal
• 1 cup white chocolate chip morsels (you can substitute the same amount of semi-sweet, dark, or milk chocolate chip morsels if you prefer)
• ½ cup smooth peanut butter
• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups confectioner's sugar
• 2 cups peanut M&Ms or Easter-themed candy of your choice
• optional customization: you can add popcorn or pretzels as well

Kitchen Tools

• measuring spoons and cups
• wooden spoon for stirring the chocolate-peanut butter mixture
• medium saucepan
• extra large mixing bowls
• baking spatula

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This recipe can be made completely on the stovetop which makes it easy to come together.

If you are looking for more Muddy Buddy-style recipes, I also have Nutella Muddy Buddies and Pumpkin Spice Muddy Buddies.

I grew up calling this type of recipe "muddy buddies" but I know some people call it "puppy chow" as well - what do you call it?

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Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe

Yield: 5 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

This Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe is a sweet, salty dessert snack with cereal coated in white chocolate and peanut butter, customized with your favorite Easter-themed candies. Try this delicious snack at your next Easter or Springtime gathering!

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Ingredients

• 9 cups rice Chex Cereal
• 1 cup white chocolate chip morsels, you can substitute the same amount of semi-sweet, dark, or milk chocolate chip morsels, if you prefer
• ½ cup smooth peanut butter
• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups confectioner's sugar
• 2 cups peanut M&Ms, or Easter-themed candy of your choice or Easter-themed candy of your choice
• popcorn, optional
• pretzels, optional

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, add 9 cups rice Chex cereal, set aside
2. In a medium saucepan, over low heat, melt the unsalted butter, peanut butter, and white chocolate chip morsels. Stir with a spoon until smooth, melted, and combined.
3. Remove from heat and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Pour over the rice Chex cereal, using a baking spatula to get all the chocolate mixture out of the saucepan.
4. Mix the cereal until completely coated.
5. Add the 2 cups of confectioner's sugar and mix gently until coated.
6. Add 2 cups of peanut M&Ms and optional ingredients to customize. Serve, package as edible gifts, and enjoy!

Notes

• Check out our Stove Top Dutch Oven Popcorn recipe

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 5 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1500Total Fat: 70gSaturated Fat: 23gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 40gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 552mgCarbohydrates: 193gFiber: 9gSugar: 82gProtein: 32g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

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• This recipe was originally published on 4/11/2018
• Updated & republished on 3/26/2021, 4/4/2022, 3/17/2024

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